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Students from Lincoln College are gaining hands-on experience through placements on Gelder Group construction sites, enhancing their skills and preparing for careers in the building industry. These multi-trade placements allow students to gain knowledge in carpentry, bricklaying, plumbing, and electrical work while contributing to major local projects. Key sites include the Carlton Centre in Lincoln, […]

Lincoln College has been recognised by the Gelder Group and City & Guilds for their support and contribution in achieving the Princess Royal Training Award 2022. Both organisations share a strong commitment to adding significant social and economic value to the local communities in Lincolnshire, and this recognition is a testament to their close partnership. […]

The £1.7m project to refurbish the historic Gibney building at Lincoln College was complete in September 2021. The work included renovating classrooms for the Hair & Beauty Department, creating a sensory room and breakout rooms, and several labs for IT, Electrical Engineering and Networking. The Grade II listed building works commenced in February 2021 and […]

In partnership with Lincoln College, Gelder Group have taken on their first apprentice from Germany. Nadine Fehmer who is 17 and from Coesfeld, West Germany is in the second year of a joinery apprenticeship and will be spending 3 weeks working at Gelder Group alongside experienced joiners in the field. The programme which is funded […]

Gelder apprentice Jack Jarvis has been awarded Lincoln College’s ‘Bricklaying Student of the Year’ award for his work during the past 12 months. Jack (18) was one of Lincoln Colleges Gainsborough Construction Career Colleges‘ first students and secured himself a position at Gelder Group in November 2017. Since starting with the Group he’s worked on […]

The Group has appointed two new apprentices from Lincoln College’s Construction Careers College in Gainsborough – the college Gelder Group was a joint founder of and continues to be the main sponsor. The college, which is the first of its kind in the UK, was set up in 2016 by Lincoln College, Gelder Group and […]

Gelder Group announced plans to double its apprentice intake during the course of the next three years, taking it to 70 apprentices, up from 37. The announcement was made by the firm during a surprise visit to Lincoln College’s Construction Careers College campus in Gainsborough, accompanied by RBS chief executive Alison Rose who was spending […]

Working in partnership with Lincoln College, Gelder Group helped launch the UK’s first Construction Career College in Gainsborough. Since the launch, we have worked closely with the college in shaping the curriculum, including teaching an Architectural Design class. The latest collaboration project sees the students at the college doing field work at the Gelder Group’s […]

Lincoln College Companionship is awarded in recognition of significant and meaningful contributions made by former students and close supports who have made a valuable impact on the college’s reputation and development, or built a legacy of lasting enhancement to the education and training of its learners. Group CEO, Steve Gelder commented: I feel extremely honoured […]

The country’s first ever construction career college is being created in Lincolnshire. The college will be based at the Gainsborough campus of Lincoln College and will help students find a job in the construction industry. The college will be ready to take its first students in September and will help tackle a nationwide shortage of builders […]